Telephone desk-stand.



W. LBAVBR.

TELEPHONE DESK STAND.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. s. 1908.

a standard, of a cap for said standard, an opening in the cap having a pair of parallel walls, a cylinder between said walls, and means independent of said parallel walls for holding the cylinder in position, substaiitially as described.

In a desk stand, the combination with a standard1 and a transmitter case, of a cyliiidei supporting the'transmitter case and a cap supported by the standard, means secured within the cylinder and extending downward within the cap for securing thetwo together, said means being wholly eoncealed when the arts are com ietely assembled, substantial y as'described).

3. In a desk stand, the combination with a standard, of a cap for said standard having a slot in the top thereof, a transmitter casing having a member tting within said ilot, a pivot, means secured to said member by said pivot to hold said memberlmovable in said slot, said pivot being wholly inside of said cap.

et. In a desk stand, the combination with a transmitter case, of a supporting ineinler therefor having a curved face, a standard, a cap for said standard having a shouldr against which said curved face abuts, and a spring for holding the face and shoulder in frictional relation, substantially as described.

In a desk stand, the combination with a standard, of a slotted cap therefor, a cylindrical transmitter support, a pivot, means.,

secured to said support by said pivot to hold said support movable in. said slot in the said cap, said pivot being wholly inside of the said cap.

t3. In a desk stand, the combination with a standard, of a conical cap therefor having a slot therein, a cylindrical transmitter support niovably secured within the slot and resilient means within the cap for securing the cap and support together, substantially as described.

7. In a desk stand, the combination with a standard, of a conical cap therefor having a slot therein, a cylindrical transmitter support inovably secured within the slot, and a spring within the cap for holding the cap and support in frictioiial relation, substantially as described.

8. Inl a desk stand, the combination with a standard, of a cap therefor having a slot therein, a transmitter support inovably secured within the slot, a member secured within the support and extending downwa.- dly within the cap, and a spring holding said cap and support in frictional relation by means of said member, substantially as described. 1

9. In a desk stand, the combination with a standard` of a cap therefor, a transn'iitter support inovably secured to -.said cap, a tube secured within said support and extending l downwardly within said cap, a spring about l said tube and means upon said tube engaged by said spring to hold the support in frictional engagement within the cap, substantially as described.

10. In a desk stand, the combination with a standard, of a cap therefor, a transmitter support movably mounted upon the cap, a tubular member secured within said support and extending downwardly within said cap, a spring sea't, engaging the inner wall of said cap, a spring about said tubular member engaging said seat, and adjustable means se cured to said tubular member and engaging said spring to hold the support in fiictional engagement with the cap, substantially as described.

.1 l In a desk stand, the combination with a standard of a hollow cap therefor, a hollow transmitter support, a tube secured within the support and extending downwardly within the hollow portion of the cap, a spring seat within the cap, a spring about said tubular member and abutting said spring seat, and a nut upon said tubular memberand engaging said spring to adjust the frictional pressure between the transmitter support and th 3 cap, substantially as described 12. In a desk stand the combination with an upright member, of a transmitter movably supported thereon, connecting and adjusting means between saidtransmitter and its supporting member said means being entirely concealed, substantially as described.

13. In a desk stand, the combination with a transmitter casing, of a hollow supporting member therefor, a tubular member extending within the hollow portion thereof and pivoted thereto, and a desk stand cap having portions on each side of the supportinginembei', said portions 'concealing the ends of the pivot, substantially as described.

14. In a desk stand, the combination with a standard, of a cap therefor, a transmitter supporting lug movably secured in said cap, a tube pivoted in the lug and extending downward inside the cap, a pivot therefor extending through the tube, and lug, said cap having projections concealing the ends of said pivot, substantially as described.

15. In a telephone desk stand, the combination with a standard, of a cap for said standard, a transmitter ably supported by said cap, and means with-A in the cap for adjustirjr the frictional relation between the cap and transmitter supporting lug, whereby the fixed adjustment of the movable parts can only bechanged by dis-assembling the desk stand, substantially as described.

16. In a desk stand, the combination with a standard, of a hollow cap therefor formed of pressed metal and having the wall of substantiallv uniformethiekness throughout, the top of uaid cap having a transverse slot supporting lug mov-- therein, a transmitter case having a hoilow cylinderextending therewithfsaid member 1 lower Wall of said cylinder Abeing adapted to engage lche lower edges of said slot, a member pivotally secured at the center of the cylinder and extending downwardly Within' the cap through an opening in the lower side of the cylinder to hold the cylinder in place,

the top ofsaid cap on either side of said slot being adapted to conceal the end of the pivot i for securing the cylinder and the attaching I member to the Wal Fitting closely Within the slot in said cap, the 1 as described.

s of vche Cap, substantially Signed by me at Chicago, county of Cook, 15

and State of Illinois, in the presence of two Witnesses.

CLIFFORD C. BRADBURY, MARJoRm E GRIER. 

